Dr. Maria Elena Chirino-Socias, MD practises Rheumatology in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Graduated from University Central Del Caribe Escuela De Medicina in 1992, 34 years ago. Practices as a sole proprietor and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Puerto Rico.
From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is
enrolled in Medicare.
Medicare specialty
RHEUMATOLOGY
Also practises
INTERNAL MEDICINE
Medical school
UNIVERSITY CENTRAL DEL CARIBE ESCUELA DE MEDICINA
Graduated
1992 (34 years in practice)
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Medicare patients and services, 2024
From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar
year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that
mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller
here than it is.
Medicare patients
51
Services billed
195
a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age
77
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billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any
drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.
Payments from drug and device companies, 2025
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Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS
publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program
year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything,
and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed
here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are
reported separately by CMS and are not shown.
Food and Beverage
$394 15 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
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payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to
the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a
charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.
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Practises at
Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.